PT-2024-36928 · WordPress · The Ultimate Post Kit Addons For Elementor

Wesley · Published 2024-06-28 · Updated 2024-06-28 · CVE-2024-5662

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Ultimate Post Kit Addons For Elementor plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 3.11.7

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the url parameter within the Social Count (Static) widget. This allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For The Ultimate Post Kit Addons For Elementor plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 3.11.7, update to a version later than 3.11.7 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Social Count (Static) widget to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the url parameter in the affected widget until the issue is resolved.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-5662

Affected Products

The Ultimate Post Kit Addons For Elementor

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5662 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post-kit/tags/3.11.5/modules/static-social-count/widgets/static-social-count.php#L800 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be9d977d-d7b2-4946-b107-35df176fbdf3?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3106395/#file526 · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-post-kit/#developers · Note